Sexing my Sterbai Corys

[Si4geckos]

Sorry for another thread. Just a newbie trying to work out what I've got! Can't get an overhead shot (tried to catch them but too fast and didn't want to stress them!)

Number 1





Number 2



Not managed get a good snap of number 3. Any opinions appreciated


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[kas]

I'm useless at sexing cory's from photos. All I can say is that my sterbai females are larger, and much wider in body than my males. The females get a very round almost protruding belly when they are gravid. I have 6 Sterbai in total. Two are female and have a smaller male or two with them at all times. They are happier in larger groups 5 +

[plankton]

..further to that, the one sterbai I had that I was convinced was a male turned out to be a female, I knew when she was carrying eggs and sticking them to the glass.
However, I would guess that #1 is possibly female, #2 could be either. How big are they?

[kas]

I thought No 1 was female - snap!

[Si4geckos]

So it's top-down photos only to sex them? Biggest is 5cm/ 2 inches including tail. I thought the first one may be female as she seems to be ballooning a bit these days!


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[plankton]

If they are both 2" then they could both be female, they'll get to about 2.5" without the tail.
My female actually looked just like your #2, which confused the heck out of me.....

[Si4geckos]

Not sure if it'll help, but here's a couple of aerial shots. Looking to maybe get a couple of albinos tomorrow, but need to guess what sex these are ideally first.


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[plankton]

If I had to hazard a guess I'd say all male. Females definitely have a bigger front area.